Sergei Lavrov

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country won't accept the outcome of the talks if Kyiv isn't involved.

The bill has been presented to the state Duma in a move reflecting strengthening ties between the two nations.

The New START Treaty caps the number of strategic warheads the U.S. and Russia can deploy.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov referred to a call that Hillary Clinton had with two renowned pranksters.

Moscow weighed in on the U.S. State Department chief's proposal to revive the START treaty on nuclear non-proliferation.

Once a "titan" of diplomacy, Russia's foreign minister has "become—in some ways—a laughingstock," one expert told Newsweek.

A video of Russia's top diplomat being mocked by a conference audience over the war in Ukraine went viral over the weekend.

The Russian foreign minister was flustered by the audience's reaction in New Delhi to his view that Kyiv had started the war.

The comment led to gasps and laughter from attendees at the 2023 Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, India, on Friday.

Russia's foreign ministry disputes that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed a key topic when he spoke recently with his Russian counterpart.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told lawmakers that Western pressure had left Moscow "no way out" of invading Ukraine in 2022.

Russian officials in Western cities say they are being unfairly targeted by protests and threats as the anniversary of Moscow's invasion approaches.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blamed "American exceptionalism" as a cause for the conflict.

"It will not change the course of events," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. "The special military operation will continue."

Few propagandists or Kremlin officials have referred to the Ukraine conflict as anything but a "special military operation" since it began 11 months ago.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made a surprise admission at his annual news conference in Moscow on Thursday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the West needs to "take into account the interests" of Moscow to start talks to end the blood conflict.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and "Putin's Chef" Yevgeny Prigozhin appear to be backing each other in vilifying Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu.

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov amped up the rhetoric from the previous week, when Moscow accused Kyiv of making a dirty bomb.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a news conference on Tuesday that he believes it was a "barbaric crime that can never be forgiven."

"They don't know what to do," said Abbas Gallyamov. "Putin needs to achieve something that will convince Russians that he won."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also compared actions by NATO and the EU to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's strategy in World War II.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova called countries near Serbia closing airspace to Lavrov's plane "another closed channel of communication."

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that the country has "alternative sales markets" for oil exports "where we are already increasing sales."

The Russian foreign minister was speaking in a video shared by Moscow's embassy in Geneva and comes hot on the heels of controversial statements he made about Volodymyr Zelensky and Adolf Hitler.

The apology comes after the Russian foreign minister suggested this week that Adolf Hitler was part Jewish.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he was "angry and disgusted" with claims by Russia's foreign minister about Hitler and antisemitism

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Israelis were fighting "shoulder to shoulder" with Azov militants.

"It is an unforgivable, scandalous statement, a terrible historical mistake, and we expect an apology," Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said.

Since Russia's invasion began, Ukrainian officials have accused Moscow of forcibly kidnapping its people.